The Southern Iowa Speedway was back in action on another beautiful Wednesday night. One driver has a four win streak going, another took back to back wins, as did another, but in a round about way (more on that later), and another driver sees victory lane for the first time this season.
The running order of the features got mixed up a bit on Wednesday night and it was the Hobby Stocks taking to the track first. Christian Huffman led the opening 15-lap main event but Dustin Griffiths was quickly up to challenge. Giffiths took command with a handful of laps in the books, and now Eric Stanton was shadowing him after flying through the field from his twelfth starting postion. Then Griffiths and Stanton duked it out at the front of the pack in a breakaway from the field. Stanton gained the upper hand at lap seven, and then began to pull away. A yellow with a lap remaining tightened things up for the restart. The first restart was called back when Rick Dusseldorp had issues, and then on the second attempt, Dustin Griffiths was off power and exited the track. Derek Kirkland then was the one chasing leader Stanton, but to no avail as Stanton took the checkers for the second week in a row. Kirkland had to settle for the runner up spot, Clint Nelson started eighth and finished third, polesitter Christian Huffman was fourth, and Craig Brown rounded out the top five. This made three wins for Stanton at Osky this year.
The SportMods made their appearance next for their 15-lap feature. It was Jason McDaniel who established his dominance in this one from the drop of the green. Taylor Elliott, (her father Greg and uncle Mark Elliott, are both longtime racers from the Webster City area) was having a great run sitting in second place, but soon had last week's winner Brayton Carter reeling her in. A caution at lap seven for new driver Coleton Pace, erased McDaniel's big lead. Brayton Carter was hungry for the restart as he was now running second, but McDaniel still drove off from the pack and took his first win of the year by a comfortable distance. Carter finished second, Curtis VanDerWal finished third, fourth went to Logan Anderson, and Taylor Elliott was fifth.
Ten of the Sport Compacts were on hand last evening. Their feature event was ten laps in distance and the outcome was the same as it has been for the previous three weeks. Brandon Housley took command of the race at lap three and never looked back on his way to his fourth straight trip to victory lane at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Finishing a distant second place was pole sitter Cody Phillips. Third went to Kyle Boyd, Barry Taft was fourth, and Austin Kaplan made his first appearance at the track piloting a rather odd looking hatchback #01, and finished fifth. We've noticed that the Compact division has some really nice looking cars this year, and another one, the 51T made a first time trip to test Osky's waters. It was piloted by Tanner Wilson, from Albia. Housley told announcer Tony Paris in his victory lane interview that he now has seven consecutive wins at various tracks around Iowa.
The Stock Cars were the night cap feature, running an 18-lap A main. Derrick Agee led the race from his pole position and then put distance between himself and the rest of the troops. He was more than content to let the cars behind him going to battle, and battling they were! Mike Hughes, Scott Dickey and Danny Thrasher were going at it in a fierce contest. A bit later, Cayden Carter joined in the fun and it appeared the race was all going to be for second as Agee rode at the front with clean air ahead. However, at lap twelve, Mike Harward would spread oil all over the track as his motor let go. This brought out the caution, and the restart after a bit of speedy dry was spread, erasing Agee's big lead. Scott Dickey quickly moved to the topside and with three laps left in the race, took the lead. He pulled off from the rest of the field, to take the checkers easily. Meanwhile, it was a three-wide battle for second place, with Cayden Carter winning out for the runner up spot, Derrick Agee was a close third, Mike Hughes was fourth, and Nathan Wood, who had a nasty tumble in turn four last week, with substantial damage, came back in the same hot rod, to take fifth. It wasn't long until we were receiving word that there had been a disqualification in the Stock Car class as winner Scott Dickey was not running with a required chip. This gave the win to second place finisher, Cayden Carter...claiming the top spot for the second week in a row. This moved all finishers up in the finishing order with Danny Thrasher completing the top five.
It was a special night at the track for the youngster's on hand, as 37 bikes were given away through the generosity of many. There were a lot of very happy children going home with their new shiny prizes! The program was once again clicked off efficiently, with the final checkers flying right at 9:30 p.m.
Racing continues next Wednesday night when the four regular classes will be joined by the Iowa Sportsman Series. Guest announcer next week is no stranger to holding the mic as it will be Jerry Mackey with those duties. The green flag drops at 7:30.
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